Events around Roopt Kagurazaka

This is an autumn cultural festival held throughout the Kagurazaka neighborhood. Over three weeks, about 40 projects pop up in galleries in alleys, storefronts, and even temple grounds.

Highlights include the open-air exhibition "Kagurazaka Art Square" featuring paintings, calligraphy, and crafts in the precincts of Bishamonten Zenkokuji Temple, and "Saka ni Oekaki" (Drawing on the Slope) on the final day, where a long sheet of paper is laid out on Kagurazaka-dori for anyone to draw freely. You can walk from the accommodation and pick and choose the projects that interest you. Please check the official website for the dates and times of each project during the festival period.

This is the Setsubun bean-throwing ceremony at Bishamonten Zenkokuji Temple, the face of Kagurazaka. It's a winter event held at the temple right in front of the accommodation, along Kagurazaka-dori, where people gather for lucky beans.

Although not large in scale, it's an event where you can truly feel the turning point of the year in Kagurazaka. Setsubun can sometimes fall on February 2nd depending on the year, so please check the official date for that year.

Four summer days in Kagurazaka. The first two days are theHozuki Market, and the latter two days are theAwa Odori Dance Festival.

For Awa Odori, the slope itself becomes the venue. Dancers come down the narrow street, so the distance is very close. Dance groups from Tokushima also participate.

The view differs between the top and bottom of the slope. If your accommodation is halfway up the slope, you can leave before it gets crowded and return when you're tired.